BRUNO LILJEFORS, pen on paper.
I ca 42 x 54 cm.
Unexamined out of frame. Creases. Repairs.
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Liljefors most famous paintings of white-tailed eagles as the main subject is "white-tailed eagles
and loons," from 1897 (National Museum) and "White-tailed eagle and hare", from 1904 (Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm).
Dr. Karl Asplund, President of AB Bukowskis Konsthandel (AB Bukowskis Art Trade) between 1929-1953, was good friend with Liljefors and they hunted often together. Asplund was the model for Liljefors painting "På rävpass" from 1931, which Liljefors based on photographs of Asplund, taken during a hunt (M. Hill. Bruno Liljefors. The Peerles Eye, 1987, p. 150, depicting on the photographs). Another drawing of a white-tailed eagle is in the National Museum (NMH 339/1941; 87 x 148 mm .; op. Cit., P, 31, illustrated).
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Bruno Liljefors is the Swedish artist best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially in dramatic situations. Liljefors started with studies at the Academy of Arts in 1879, and continued 1882 in Düsseldorf where the studies revolved around animal painting. The journey then continued to Venice, Rome, Naples, Paris and Grez. Once back in Sweden, he began to draw and paint animals, especially cats and small birds, from the beginning in intimate interaction with nature. He then moved on to broader depictions of wild animals and nature, of seascapes with seabirds and of dramatic scenes of battles between birds. Liljefors is known as our country's foremost animal painter with a large production. Liljefors depicted, in contrast to the "idyllic" animal painting, the animals everyday life with a focus on movement, anatomy and their adaptation to the landscape. This is where the greatness of his painting lies, in the ability to show the animals in their proper environment. He has achieved this by hunting and observing. Well-known works of art are the paintings "Rävfamilj" (1886) and "Havsörnar" (1897), as well as the sculpture "Lek" (1930) at Stockholm Stadium. Liljefors is mainly represented at the National Museum, Waldemarsudde and the Thielska gallery in Stockholm.
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